i fall into the 1st demographic and I don't use my twitter account at all. I originally got it so that I could follow the Kogi BBQ truck but got annoyed at not always seeing what I want(seeing irrelevant @ replies). Here's what I would use it for
Very small group of friends (less than 5 or so) talking. Too many friends becomes Facebook and its news feed.
OR
Following certain news that updates frequently such as current surf reports, current traffic speed on a specific street, current location of something, etc.
I say OR because you should only do one or the other since (at least I can't figure it out) there is no filtering on Twitter. Therefore, following too many things becomes incredibly impractical. At the same time, these status updates of things that update frequently can just as easily be accomplished via RSS feeds, especially since there is no communication back to whatever you're following.
> I say OR because you should only do one or the other since (at least I can't figure it out) there is no filtering on Twitter. Therefore, following too many things becomes incredibly impractical.
There are clients that do provide this functionality.
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i fall into the 1st demographic and I don't use my twitter account at all. I originally got it so that I could follow the Kogi BBQ truck but got annoyed at not always seeing what I want(seeing irrelevant @ replies). Here's what I would use it for
Very small group of friends (less than 5 or so) talking. Too many friends becomes Facebook and its news feed.
OR
Following certain news that updates frequently such as current surf reports, current traffic speed on a specific street, current location of something, etc.
I say OR because you should only do one or the other since (at least I can't figure it out) there is no filtering on Twitter. Therefore, following too many things becomes incredibly impractical. At the same time, these status updates of things that update frequently can just as easily be accomplished via RSS feeds, especially since there is no communication back to whatever you're following.
> I say OR because you should only do one or the other since (at least I can't figure it out) there is no filtering on Twitter. Therefore, following too many things becomes incredibly impractical.
There are clients that do provide this functionality.